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Shelburne, Vermont USA • Shelburne Farms is one of the finest examples in the nation of a late 19th - 20th Century model farm and country estate. Created for Dr. William Seward and Lila Vanderbilt Webb, the estate is noted for its exemplary agricultural, architectural, and landscape design achievements. – National Historic Landmark plaque.
• A farm and country estate constructed from c.1886 to 1915, Shelburne Farms consists of approximately 1,300 acres of designed and agricultural landscape and significant wood-framed and masonry buildings representative of a combination of Shingle and Queen Anne styles. Four major buildings and 78 secondary buildings, structures, and sites are situated in functional groupings between broad expanses of cleared agricultural fields with rolling hills and isolated softwood plantations, hardwood and softwood forests, gardens, and rocky lakeshore. Eleven and a half miles of curvilinear interior roads and eight miles of walking trails traverse the varied farm and estate landscape, connect the resources, and provide views and vistas of Lake Champlain and the Adirondack Mountains to the west and the Green Mountains to the east. Shelburne Farms lies at elevations between approximately 95 feet and 392 feet a.m.s.l. [above mean sea level]. Lone Tree Hill, the highest point on the property, rises from the center of the property and features panoramic views over the fields and forests to the lake and mountain ranges – From the Landmark Nomination form.
• Shelburne Farms is a nonprofit environmental education center and National Historic Landmark on the shores of Lake Champlain in Shelburne, Vermont. It is also one of the principal concert sites for the Vermont Mozart Festival.
Shelburne Farms was created in 1886 by Dr. William Seward Webb and Eliza Vanderbilt Webb as a model agricultural estate. They commissioned landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted [and forester Gifford Pinchot,] to guide the layout of 3,800 acres (15 km2) of farm, field and forest, and New York architect Robert Henderson Robertson, to design the buildings. Shelburne Farms was incorporated as a nonprofit educational facility in 1972. Nearly 400 acres (1.6 km2) of sustainably managed woodlands received Green Certification from the Forest Stewardship Council in 1998.
The Shelburne Farms grass-based dairy supports a herd of 125 purebred, registered Brown Swiss cows. Their milk is made into an award-winning farmhouse cheddar cheese. The farm serves as an educational resource by practicing rural land use that is environmentally, economically and culturally sustainable. Visitors may enjoy the walking trails, children’s farmyard, inn, restaurant, property tours and special events. – From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
☞ On August 11, 1980, this Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places (#80000330).
☞ On January 3, 2001, the National Park Service designated this Historic District a National Historic Landmark (#80000330), making it the newest Landmark in Vermont.
National Historic Landmarks are nationally significant historic places designated by the Secretary of the Interior because they possess exceptional value or quality in illustrating or interpreting the heritage of the United States. Today, fewer than 2,500 historic places bear this national distinction. – [And one of only 17 in Vermont.] – Working with citizens throughout the nation, the National Historic Landmarks Program draws upon the expertise of National Park Service staff who work to nominate new landmarks and provide assistance to existing landmarks.
National Historic Landmarks are exceptional places. They form a common bond between all Americans. While there are many historic places across the nation, only a small number have meaning to all Americans -- these we call our National Historic Landmarks. – from the National Park Service.
• More info: The GeoHack for 44°23′31.69″N 73°15′26.04″W. ∞ Here are the websites for Shelburne Farms, and The Inn at Shelburne Farms. ∞ Here's a nice aerial shot from the Find a Museum page by folks at The Vermont Museum and Gallery Alliance.
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In July, 2010, I started a project to visit and document all seventeen Landmarks in Vermont. Here they are (in order of designation by the National Park Service):
[01] 09/22/60 – JUSTIN S. MORRILL HOMESTEAD, Strafford, Orange County
[02] 01/28/64 – TICONDEROGA (Side-paddle-wheel Lakeboat), Shelburne, Chittenden County
[03] 06/23/65 – CALVIN COOLIDGE HOMESTEAD DISTRICT, Plymouth Notch, Windsor County
[04] 12/21/65 – EMMA WILLARD HOUSE, Middlebury, Addison County
[05] 11/13/66 – ROBBINS AND LAWRENCE ARMORY AND MACHINE SHOP, Windsor, Windsor County
[06] 06/11/67 – GEORGE PERKINS MARSH BOYHOOD HOME, Woodstock, Windsor County
[07] 05/23/68 – ROBERT FROST FARM, Ripton, Addison County
[08] 12/30/70 – VERMONT STATEHOUSE, Montpelier, Washington County
[09] 11/28/72 – MOUNT INDEPENDENCE, Orwell, Addison County
[10] 12/20/89 – STELLAFANE OBSERVATORY, Springfield, Windsor County
[11] 11/04/93 – NAULAKHA (Rudyard Kipling House), Dummerston, Windham County
[12] 06/19/96 – OLD ROUND CHURCH, Richmond, Chittenden County
[13] 06/19/96 – ST. JOHNSBURY ATHENAEUM, St. Johnsbury, Caledonia County
[14] 12/09/97 – ROKEBY, Ferrisburgh, Addison County
[15] 05/16/00 – ROCKINGHAM MEETING HOUSE, Windham County
[16] 05/16/00 – SOCIALIST LABOR PARTY HALL, Barre, Washington County
[17] 01/03/01 – SHELBURNE FARMS, Shelburne, Chittenden County
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Nora Rasure, Intermountain Regional Forester, signing of the Nevada Shared Stewardship Agreement was signed by the State of Nevada, USDA Forest Service, USFWS and BLM. USDA photo by Erica Hupp.
Historic Philadelphia representative, Jennifer thanks the Friends and the Valley Forge Convention and Visitors Bureau for another year of support for the Storytelling Benches in the park.
Imagine a law that encourages the Federal government to partner with local businesses? A law that would create a partnership to do things such as restoring our forests, improving fish and wildlife habitat, removing noxious weeds, and creating healthy rivers. On top of these benefits to the environment, this law also improves the economies of rural communities. Sound too good to be true? Think again.
With the adoption of stewardship contracting authority (public law 108-7) in 2003, BLM has been able to offset forest product values against service costs, select “best value” contracts and award 10-year agreements with communities. Stewardship contracts may be used to improve, maintain or restore forests, rangelands, water quality and habitat. They can also be used to reduce hazardous fuels that pose risks. Since its inception, BLM has issued over 170 awards, covering over 51,000 acres.
Simply said, these contracts are a legal agreement to be “stewards” on Federally-managed lands. In real life this translates to a variety of projects from removing encroaching juniper trees and grinding them up to be used in a variety of ways, to restore native grasslands by cutting small confiers and selling them as Christmas trees, to thinning stands to increase forest health.
In the Lakeview District, stewardship contracting has allowed for maximum biomass utilization of forest and woodland products. Trees cut from the projects have been used for fuelwood, “hogfuel” chips burned to make renewable electricity, clean chips that are ground up and used to make hardboard and an array of juniper products like post and poles. Thousands of tons of BLM-sourced juniper has supplied the local Juniper Mill at REACH in Klamath Falls thanks to the Gerber Stewardship Contract. This contract has allowed for over 6,000 acres of forests and woodlands to be restored through treatments under this project. This unique mill is a non-profit organization that specializes creative utilization of juniper, finding uses for nearly all parts of the tree. On top of that, the REACH mill is an active participant in vocational-rehabilitation programs that focus on employing individuals with disabilities.
Thanks to the Gerber Stewardship, juniper byproducts that would have been previously burned can be used to foster community partnerships and stimulate the local economy.
The Medford District is also creatively implementing stewardship contracts to restore and maintain healthy ecosystems. Last year, the district awarded the Landing Pile Biomass Utilization Contract, an interagency contract in support of the Southwest Oregon Interagency biomass strategy. This contract allows landing piles from the BLM’s Medford District to be used locally rather than being burned.
As a result, the contract reduces open burning, improves air quality,and also stimulates local woody biomass markets—a good deal for everyone involved.
Stewardship contracting provides the BLM with the authority to implement landscape scale treatments that meet local and community needs. These contracts can include such activities as hazardous fuels reduction, fish and wildlife habitat improvements, forest health treatments, removal of noxious weeds, and stream restoration, to name a few.
As a result, stewardship projects make our public lands more resilient to natural disturbances, like wildfires and climate change.
The process is a unique one for several reasons, some of which include: First, the process requires collaboration. The collaborative process fosters community partnerships and stimulates local economies; particularly those whose economies depend on resources from nearby federal lands – such as timber or forage.
Second, contracts solicited under the stewardship authority are awarded on “best value,” allowing the BLM to thoroughly evaluate contractors’ proposals, and award contracts based on factors other than price or revenue generation. Conversely, a timber sale contract is always awarded to the highest bidder. Stewardship contracting allows BLM and communities to define other contracting attributes they also value.
And third, the stewardship authority allows BLM to exchange goods for services within a single contract. This means that BLM can essentially “trade” the cost of services received for the value of the treatment’s byproduct. All of these factors help increase efficiencies, which is good business for both the BLM and the contractors.
From Service to Stewardship a two-day workshop in Remington, Va., on Friday, May 20, 2016. The Livestock Conservancy, Virginia Cooperative Extension, and Lakota Ranch, are holding this workshop to help educate military service veterans about rare breed animal and poultry options for farming enterprises.
Some of the topics include, getting started, networking, marketing, poultry processing, breeding, husbandry, scything, rotational grazing and pasture management, tractor selections, milking and oxen, and electric fence building.
In 2014, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the availability of more than $9 million in outreach and technical assistance for minority farmers and ranchers and military veterans that are new to farming and ranching. The funding, provided through the Outreach and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers Program, also known as the 2501 Program, will enable community-based organizations and other partners to work directly with these groups to successfully acquire, own and operate farms and ranches and equitably participate in all USDA programs. The 2014 Farm Bill reauthorized the program and expanded targeted communities.
For more information please see: www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdamediafb?contentid=2014/0... USDA Media by Lance Cheung.
Nolan Painting is presented with a plaque from the Park and the Friends thanking them for their work and donation to the Knox Bridge Project.
From left: Chief of Interpretation and Education for Valley Forge NHP Rhonda Schier, Representatives from Nolan Painting Inc Ali A. and Jim Falk, Friends Chairman Don Naimoli
Joe Velovitch takes a sample of the maple syrup being produced at Springboro Tree Farms in Brookston, Indiana so he can test its sugar content Feb. 13, 2023. Springboro runs the raw maple sap through a reverse osmosis machine multiple times before starting to boil reducing the necessary boiling time from 50 hours to 12. Rich Hines, who owns the farms, has worked with USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service to implement conservation practices on his 33 acres of his forestland in Brookston, Indiana. Hines used the forest for maple syrup production as well as recreation. Hines worked with NRCS through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program to implement brush management, trail improvements and a forest management plan. He also utilized the Conservation Stewardship Program’s forest songbird habitat maintenance, forest stand improvement and tree planting enhancements. (NRCS photo by Brandon O’Connor)
NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE, Huron, SD, Aug 2, 2017– When Lyman County producer Reed Petersek signs a contract with USDA to enroll his farm in the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) next Wednesday morning, it will mark a conservation milestone for South Dakota farmers and ranchers. Petersek’s signing will mark the 7 millionth acre of land in South Dakota to be enrolled into the program.
SD Agriculture Secretary Mike Jaspers, SD Game, Fish and Wildlife Secretary Kelly Hepler, Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA NRCS) State Conservationist Jeff Zimprich, and Karl Jensen and Angela Ehlers of the South Dakota Association of Conservation Districts (SDACD) will be on hand to congratulate farmers and ranchers for their conservation accomplishments and thank them for their work.
The signing event will take place at 10 a.m. Wednesday, August 9, on the Front Porch at the Sioux Empire Fair in Sioux Falls. That day is Agriculture Appreciation Day at the fair.
“We’re really proud of the farmers and ranchers in this state for their conservation work,” says Zimprich, Huron. “They lead the country in acres put into the Conservation Stewardship Program, and have for some time. We’ve reached a conservation milestone with 7 million acres in this state, and no other state has even 6 million acres.”
“We’d invite anyone who wants to say thank you to also come to the fair that morning. Come a little early, our program starts at 10. Then stay for the entertainment and ag appreciation lunch,” Zimprich says.
CSP is a USDA program that rewards producers performing at a high level of conservation and encourages them to do more; contracts cover more than 15 percent of the cropland and rangeland in South Dakota. Farmers and ranchers enrolled in the program go above and beyond basic conservation practices, adding specific “enhancements” that improve soil health, water quality, wildlife habitat and other resources on both rangeland and farmland.
“Lloyd and Marianne Frein in Haakon County adapted their haying equipment with flush bars to allow wildlife to escape when they mow their hay. Anthony Bly in Minnehaha County has revamped his system to substantially reduce pesticide drift, and he’s using cover crop mixes to make his soil healthier, among many other improvements,” Zimprich says. “John Schubeck of Lincoln County now has high level integrated pest management to reduce environmental risks, and Kirk Jensen is establishing pollinator and beneficial insect habitat on his land in that county. There are examples of higher level conservation like this all over the state.”
According to NRCS records, in the five-year period between 2011 and 2016, South Dakota ranchers and farmers improved grazing management through CSP on more than 1.1 million acres to benefit wildlife. In that same period, they made 132 miles of fence wildlife friendly for deer, antelope or sage grouse, and they began using practices like flush bars in haying operations on 280,000 acres to reduce loss of nests and young birds.
Among the practices applied through CSP leading to improved water quality are reduced pesticide drift on 1.7 million acres, and plant tissue testing, variable rate fertilizing, and conversion to no-till farming on a combined 1.5 million acres. NRCS also cited the use of cover crops on 300,000 acres and grassland monitoring on 3.4 million acres as significant steps towards soil and rangeland health.
Those practices are among the more than 50 CSP enhancement activities South Dakota farmers and ranchers are using on rangeland and pastureland are aimed at improving soil, water, wildlife, and other resources both on and off the farm or ranch.
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Source contact information:
Jeff Zimprich, NRCS State Conservationist, Huron. (605) 352-1200
Kayaker with bags full of marine debris smiling holding a paddle overhead in Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Photo: Robert Keeley/NOAA.
A Certificate of Stewardship is presented to the Wynham Vacation Corporation representative at the 60 Million Tree Milestone celebration held on the Whitten Building patio at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in Washington, D. C. on Tuesday, Jun. 21, 2016. (L to R, Arbor Day Foundation President Dan Lambe, U.S. Forest Service (USFS) Acting Associate Chief Dan Jirón, LEESA representative, and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack) U.S. Forest Service photo by Dominic Cumberland.
Joe Velovitch explains the process for boiling maple sap into syrup to Sara Schellenberger-Jones, White County district conservationist, during a visit to Springboro Tree Farms in Brookston, Indiana Feb. 13, 2023. Springboro runs the raw maple sap through a reverse osmosis machine multiple times before starting to boil reducing the necessary boiling time from 50 hours to 12. Rich Hines, who owns the farms, has worked with USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service to implement conservation practices on his 33 acres of his forestland in Brookston, Indiana. Hines used the forest for maple syrup production as well as recreation. Hines worked with NRCS through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program to implement brush management, trail improvements and a forest management plan. He also utilized the Conservation Stewardship Program’s forest songbird habitat maintenance, forest stand improvement and tree planting enhancements. (NRCS photo by Brandon O’Connor)
This is for a stewardship campaign entitled "Extravagant Worship". There isn't much, or rather any, art direction, so I tried to play it up while still staying relatively generic. Inspiration on the text came from the almightly SeanP here. (except his looks way cooler!)
Employees, friends and family joined Prospect Park Alliance for a fall stewardship project and helped spread mulch and cleared paths on nature trails in the Midwood section of Prospect Park.
U.S. Marine Corps Veteran Harry Oldland gets a close look at Milking Shorthorn steers Chip and Dale at Service to Stewardship a two-day workshop in Remington, Va., on Saturday, May 21, 2016. The Livestock Conservancy, Virginia Cooperative Extension, and Lakota Ranch, are holding this workshop to help educate military service veterans about rare breed animal and poultry options for farming enterprises.
Some of the topics include, getting started, networking, marketing, poultry processing, breeding, husbandry, scything, rotational grazing and pasture management, tractor selections, milking and oxen, and electric fence building.
In 2014, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the availability of more than $9 million in outreach and technical assistance for minority farmers and ranchers and military veterans that are new to farming and ranching. The funding, provided through the Outreach and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers Program, also known as the 2501 Program, will enable community-based organizations and other partners to work directly with these groups to successfully acquire, own and operate farms and ranches and equitably participate in all USDA programs. The 2014 Farm Bill reauthorized the program and expanded targeted communities.
For more information please see: www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdamediafb?contentid=2014/0... USDA Media by Lance Cheung.
Hilary Keating, Julia Burke, Kerry Tepedino
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The historic Westchester Country Club in Rye, NY designed by famed architects Warren & Wetmore in the 1920s was the site of the Jay Heritage Center's 2010 Preservation Luncheon, on December 8. Renowned designer, and JHC Advisory Board member, Alexa Hampton was the featured speaker. She is the author of the new book "Alexa Hampton: The Language of Interior Design" and captivated her audience with an engaging and colorful swathe of knowledgeable designing tips and illustrations of her work. More than 200 guests attended the event which raised over $100,000 in proceeds to benefit JHC's programs in American History, Architecture, Landscape Conservation and Environmental Stewardship.
The Luncheon was chaired by Suzanne Clary, Joan Mark, Rachel Breinin and Lauren Spelman all of Rye. A live auction featured couture jewelry from MISH and unique cultural experiences including private tours of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, picnics at Fort Jay on Governors Island and behind the scenes peeks at the Winter Antiques Show.
Guests also applauded Westchester Country Club historian, Sheila Enos who was honored for her work to preserve the photographic images and stories of generations of Rye and Harrison residents.
Alexa Hampton, president of Mark Hampton, LLC, since 1998, has annually been listed in Architectural Digest and House Beautiful as one of the country’s top interior designers. She is also the designer of a growing stable of eponymous licensed products for the home, including furniture, fabrics, carpets, and lighting. She lives in New York City with her husband and children. As an Advisory Board member, she is actively engaged in helping to restore the Jay House Dining Room in time for the JHC's spring exhibit on Slavery and the Civil War.
(Photo by Cutty McGill)
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